Sneaking into the auditorium for the Windows 2000 launch rehearsal

 (devblogs.microsoft.com)

32 points | by ibobev 1 hour ago

4 comments

  • yodon 1 hour ago
    Raymond Chen is one of the great treasures of the web.
  • michalpleban 27 minutes ago
    Of course I remember IR file sharing! And contact beaming from Palm devices.
  • mschuster91 53 minutes ago
    > The sketch demonstrated infrared file sharing and other mobile scenarios. Remember infrared file sharing? Of course you don’t.

    Oh hell yes I do. Dog slow but at least it worked decently well, something I can't say about Bluetooth.

  • jeffrallen 40 minutes ago
    I remember waiting for IR file sharing. It was SLOW.
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    • netsharc 5 minutes ago
      Huh, now I remember a 90's or early 00's watch that has data, and the way to upload data onto it was by running a special Windows program that would flicker an area of the screen black and white. You'd point the face of your watch to it and the flickering had data encoded onto it.

      Since it's 2026, googling brings me nothing... had to ask Gemini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCHHzw4s5W4

    • wayne 26 minutes ago
      I mostly remember infrared transfers in the context of beaming contacts between PalmPilots. It was pretty fast for that, and actually, much more reliable than modern AirDrop.